The extreme left never misses a chance to use a crisis for political purposes. The tragic Los Angeles fires are just one example. Liberals are screaming global warming as the cause, even though suspects have been arrested for arson. News sources report the LA Police Department has launched an arson investigation and arrested an illegal alien homeless suspect near the Kenneth fire. Another suspect, 60-year-old Gloria Lynn Mandich, was taken into custody on suspicion of starting a fire and booked on a felony charge of arson. She is held on $20,000 bail, but People.com says she is not suspected of starting one of the major fires engulfing LA. Two suspects for arson, no admission of guilt.

The NY Post reports that the homeless man was riding around on a bicycle with a propane blowtorch, setting fire to old Christmas trees and garbage cans at about the same time the Kenneth fire started. Police, however, could not confirm the suspect was involved in arson but held him on another felony charge.

Meanwhile, the NY Times is guiding people toward global warming as the cause of the fire. The LA Times reported on January 10 that the fires “erupted following a stark shift from wet weather to extremely dry weather — a phenomenon scientists describe as “hydroclimate whiplash.” New research shows these abrupt wet-to-dry and dry-to-wet swings, which can worsen wildfires, flooding, and other hazards, are growing more frequent and intense because of human-caused climate change.”

The Columbia Climate School weighed in with a January 9 article: “In general, wildfires are something where we do see a clearer signal for the impacts of climate change. It’s pretty well established that we’re seeing increases in the frequency of wildfires, and that’s driven by an increase in droughts and a lot of other factors. There have been numerous studies in Europe, in the US, and elsewhere that show there’s that influence [from climate change], and we would expect that influence to grow.”

Of course, they do not mention how scientists at the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit (CRU), the official source of global warming/climate change data, fabricated the data according to 1,079 emails and 72 documents from the CRU obtained in 2008 by the UK Telegraph. In the same year, 650 scientists refuted the concept of global warming.

This is no different than when there is a shooting, liberals cry out to ban guns—ignoring the choice and character of the one pulling the trigger. No different than limiting abortion will result in the deaths of many innocent women—ignoring that with abortion there is always the death of an innocent child. No different than demanding Palestinian rights when a terrorist kills people—ignoring the true motivation of Islam to exterminate all Jews and Christians. The gaslighting and blame-shifting is shameless.

Just as is written in 2 Timothy 3:13, “But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.”

They are and they do. Use God-given; Holy Spirit-revealed common sense to discern the words and deeds of these people.

Sources:

https://www.newsweek.com/california-fires-suspect-lapd-arson-arrest-2012894

https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1347

https://people.com/woman-charged-with-arson-amid-la-fires-but-not-suspected-in-major-blazes-8773129

https://nypost.com/2025/01/09/us-news/kenneth-fire-in-west-hollywood-hills-being-probed-as-arson-1-in-custody-reports/

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-01-09/climate-whiplash-study-california-fires

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/01/09/a-disaster-expert-explains-why-the-la-fires-have-been-so-catastrophic/

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The Sugar Bowl game between Notre Dame and Georgia was postponed a day because of the Islamic terror attack on New Orleans. Before the game began, Allstate CEO Tom Wilson (no known relation to me) addressed viewers with one of the most insulting and stupid monologues ever presented in the wake of such a horrible event.

Wilson said that Americans were addicted to divisiveness and lectured viewers on the need to accept people’s imperfections and differences. In watching this little speech, delivered with alligator-tear sincerity, I had to suspend my disbelief to process the tone-deaf remarks of Mr. Wilson and wonder how a company like Allstate could allow such a mischaracterization of Americans.

Wilson said,

“Welcome to the All State Sugar Bowl. Wednesday tragedy struck the New Orleans community. Our prayers are with the victims and their families. We also need to be stronger together by overcoming an addiction to divisiveness and negativity. Join Allstate working in local communities all across America to amplify the positive, increase trust, and accept people’s imperfections and differences. Together we win.”

My best take on this is that it was hastily put together without examining how the words Wilson used would be received by the American public, who was stunned by yet another bloody attack on innocent civilians by a representative of the “religion of peace.” But it’s difficult to give him the benefit of the doubt when he is lecturing all of us on our addiction to divisiveness and negativity.

Maybe Wilson meant that radical extremist savages imbedded in Islam are the ones addicted to divisiveness and negativity and refuse to trust and accept people’s imperfections and differences. If he did mean that, it sure didn’t come across. It came across as a tone-deaf lecture that Americans, who had just been targeted by a ruthless evil barbarian on behalf of a death cult, should be more accepting of those who wish to destroy America and kill every man, woman and child who disagrees with their medieval nonsense. Maybe we should set up Allstate-sponsored “acceptance” arenas where Islamists are invited to come in and get their aggressions out on unsuspecting people thinking they are attending a mental health fair.

After the uproar, Allstate issued a clarification, saying:

“To be clear, Allstate CEO Tom Wilson unequivocally condemns this heinous act of terrorism and violence in all forms. We stand with the families of the victims, their loved ones and the community of New Orleans. The reference to overcoming divisiveness and negativity reflects a broader commitment to fostering trust and positivity in communities across the nation.”

So I guess he did mean what he originally said. We are all still divisive, negative, and intolerant of people that want to kill us.

Proverbs 18:7 says, “A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are the snare of his soul.”

Wilson stepped in a deep cesspool with his foolishness. Not even the “good hands people” could pull him out with a “clarification.” Projecting blame on innocents for murderous acts is, say it with me, Stupidocrisy.

Sources:

https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/03/allstate-ceo-thomas-wilson-statement-sugar-bowl/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KtcDtCm7fw

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/01/03/allstate-ceo-criticism-messaging-sugar-bowl

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